blank vhs covers were kinda beautiful

Name: blank vhs covers were kinda beautiful
Uploaded: 2018-12-17T00:53:36Z
Duration: 1 min 43 s
Channel: 4096
Description: A short video from the channel 4096 about the look of blank VHS tape covers, with animation that plays on their plain graphic style. It treats the covers as a design aesthetic worth a second look. HN people share it as the best demonstration of the blank VHS cover aesthetic, which they say you start to see everywhere once you notice it.

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A short video from the channel 4096 about the look of blank VHS tape covers, with animation that plays on their plain graphic style. It treats the covers as a design aesthetic worth a second look.

HN people share it as the best demonstration of the blank VHS cover aesthetic, which they say you start to see everywhere once you notice it.

Graphic design Motion graphics & title design

#vhs #retrodesign #packaging #aesthetics #animation

2 comments from Hacker News

@scosman2026 · in “Vintage Cassettes: 1963-2010”

I got really into this design aesthetic a while ago. Once you recognize it, you see it more and more. Some examples/sources: - amazing animation: ▶ this video - IG account of VHS cassettes: link - Product launch: link - product page I made using the style: link

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@starpilot2019 · in “Blank vhs covers were kinda beautiful”

Submitted the video to Hacker News.

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